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Meredith Cohn

Meredith

Meredith Cohn has been covering the health beat and other beats in Baltimore for more than two decades, and was previously at The Baltimore Sun. She's a native of Maryland and is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park. She began her career at the Hagerstown Morning Herald and also spent time as a business reporter at the Virginian-Pilot and a congressional reporter at States News Service in Washington. She writes about all aspects of health and medicine, from disease outbreaks to disease cures, as well as the business of health.

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The Maryland Health Connection site, the state's health exchange.
Marylanders in state exchange could see a big jump in health insurance rates
People in Maryland are likely to see a jump in costs for health insurance next year after federal subsidies expire and are not renewed.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the appointment of Dr. Michelle Taylor as Commissioner for the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD), starting August 1, 2025.
Scott picks Tennessee official to lead Baltimore’s health department
Michelle Taylor is a doctor, breast cancer survivor, Hopkins grad and serves in the Air National Guard
The Baltimore City Health Department in Baltimore.
Baltimore’s next health commissioner has big job to fill, with long vacancy a factor
A new Baltimore health commissioner will take over an office that has been known for doing big things. Lately, there hasn't been a leader there to oversee even the little things.
Dr. Paul Offit speaks to University of Maryland School of Medicine’s graduates at a commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
Top vaccine expert tells next generation of Maryland doctors to fight for shots
Vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit delivered a graduation address to the next generation of doctors coming from University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Officials ID man killed during mental health crisis in Dundalk and officer who fatally shot him
Maryland Attorney General’s Office released the names of a Dundalk man who was fatally shot during a mental health crisis and the Baltimore County Police officer responsible.
Storm clouds behind a row of homes in Dundalk.
Severe storm Friday night caused sewage overflow in Baltimore County
The overflow was considered a sanitary sewage overflow, which means raw sewage was released, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
What we know about 36 in-custody deaths auditors say should have been ruled homicides
The Banner attempted to reach relatives and attorneys associated with each of the 36 deaths that the audit found should have been ruled as homicides.
In this image from video, Dr. David Fowler, a retired forensic pathologist and former chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd.
Dr. David Fowler was a well-respected medical examiner, until he wasn’t
Dr. David Fowler was a well-regarded former chief medical examiner before he consulted on a high-profile case that brought fresh scrutiny to his work in Maryland.
Seize The Grey led the pack in the 149th running of The Preakness Stakes.
Why are Preakness racehorses such good athletes? Their ancestors didn’t want to get eaten.
A Johns Hopkins ophthalmologist has identified a gene mutation in horses that suggests why they became such good racehorses.
State health officials have spent weeks trying to assess the impact of what they see as increasingly likely cuts outlined by GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Here’s how Medicaid cuts could be a $1 billion blow to Maryland’s budget
Maryland health officials have outlined the massive potential cuts to the budget and enrollment if Congress goes through with proposals to slash the Medicaid health program.
Close up photo of adult female deer tick crawling on piece of straw.
It’s tick season and there is a new bugger catching a ride in Baltimore
There have always been a few cases of babesiosis in Maryland every year, but now researcher says the Baltimore region has become a hotspot for cases tied to parasites found on ticks.
Federal workers may ‘need to vent’: How to cope and manage workplace stress
Federal workers who are still on the job may find their changing commutes and positions stressful, but there are ways to cope.
FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. As Americans head into the late 2022 holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
Thousands of Marylanders used this site to track their vaccinations. Now it’s gone.
A popular online portal to track Marylanders’ vaccination histories became unavailable in the state Thursday.
Johns Hopkins University plans to launch research grant programs of its own to help make up for lost federal funding.
Johns Hopkins to tap earnings from endowment to help address federal cuts
As the federal government scales back funding for research, Johns Hopkins is launching its own grant programs to keep the work going.
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
The state’s troubled psychiatric hospital has a new issue: Legionella bacteria
The troubled Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center is the latest state building to test positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease.
Photo collage shows close up of woman’s face in profile, her eyes look right. On right side of collage are a breast pump and baby bottle with a jury box seats in the background.
Parents of young children will be able to defer jury duty under new state law
Maryland's governor has signed a law allowing new mothers to be excused from jury duty for up to three years, making the policy uniform across the state.
A Mallard swims in pollen filled water along the eastern shoreline of the Patapsco River in Baltimore County.
Allergy season is in full swing in Maryland and about to get worse. Here’s how to cope.
Baltimore’s allergy season is here and it may big longer and worse for many of us.
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
State’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital gets failure warning
Clifton T. Perkins, the state-run maximum security hospital for those charged with crimes, was warned to improve or risk losing its accreditation.
Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Hopkins trailblazer scrambles to protect cancer research as Trump cuts hit home
The world-class pancreatic cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins University had so-called indirect funds slashed by the federal government.
As state lawmakers deal with the next state budget, they know that more work may be left to come if Congress cuts federal funding for the Medicaid health insurance program to pay for federal tax cuts.
The $1B problem that everyone in Annapolis is worried about
The state spends a total of $16 billion on Medicaid, with $9 billion from federal sources — but cuts could be coming.
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